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Field Activity Details for field activity B207WP

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AKA: B0207WP

Other ID: B-2-07-WP

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Depth, Environmental Data: Light, Environmental Data: Meteorology, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy oceanographic instruments to record in situ measurements of physical parameters.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Apra Harbor, Guam, U.S. Territories

End Port/Location: Apra Harbor, Guam, U.S. Territories

Start Date: 2007-10-31

End Date: 2007-11-14

Equipment Used: OBS, ADCP, lightsensor, pressuresensor, digitalcamera, anemometer, GPS, tempsalinometer, currentmeter

Information to be Derived: Oceanographic conditions and sediment transport on the coral reefs near War in the Pacific National Historical Park.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Dave Gonzales, Kathy Presto, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Associated activities: B-1-07-WP B-1-08-WP

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Curt Storlazzi (Scuba Diver, USGS) - Oceanographer
Josh Logan (Navigation, Scuba Diver, USGS) - Information Specialist
Kathy Presto (Instrumentation, USGS) - Oceanographer
Dave Gonzales (USGS) - Electronics Tech

Location:

U.S. Territories

Boundaries
North: 13.53661 South: 13.35789 West: 144.6184 East: 144.80054

Platform(s):

Publications

Storlazzi, C.D., Field, M.E., Cheriton, O.M., Presto, M.K., and Logan, J.B., 2013, Rapid fluctuations in flow and water-column properties in Asan Bay, GuamâImplications for selective resilience of coral reefs in warming seas: Coral Reefs, v. 32, 949â961 p., doi: 10.1007/s00338-013-1061-x.

Storlazzi, C.D., Presto, M.K., and Logan, J.B., 2009, Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics in War-in-the-Pacific National Historical Park, Guam; measurements of waves, currents, temperature, salinity, and turbidity; June 2007-January 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1195, 79 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1195/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
OBS --- Sediment Properties
Turbidity
Biology
Chemistry
Geology
ctdmeter (Metadata)
ADCP --- Current
Storlazzi, C.D., Presto, M.K., and Logan, J.B., 2009, Coastal Circulation and Sediment Dynamics in War-in-the-Pacific National Historical Park, Guam:: USGS Open-File Report 2009-1195, 79 p. (Publication)
lightsensor --- Light
pressuresensor --- Depth
digitalcamera --- Photo
anemometer --- Meteorology
GPS --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data (Provisional best file)
tempsalinometer --- Conductivity
Temperature
currentmeter --- Current

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